Solutions Architect

Boardroom Appointments; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks an experienced Solutions Architect to lead the technical design across the SDLC within the financial services context. You will drive enterprise architecture alignment, identify system deficiencies, and implement cost-effective, scalable solutions.

Collaborating with the Enterprise Architect Team, you will translate complex business requirements into robust designs, conduct risk analyses, and contribute to governance and standards while mentoring team members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree or Bachelor of Commerce (Informatics) required.
• Minimum of five to eight years experience in software or solutions development and design within the financial services industry.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates cost consciousness and awareness of personal contribution to costs and productivity.
• Identifies and escalates potential risks that may lead to increased costs.
• Implements customer service solutions demonstrating shared values.
• Manages and takes accountability for Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) outcomes for customer service delivery across area of responsibility.
• Investigates and understands customer needs to enable delivery of a quality service.
• Keeps stakeholders well informed of design status and acts as liaison between Portfolio Manager, Project Manager and Systems Analyst.
• Leads the technical design phase of the SDLC and discusses architecture decisions.
• Assists with gap analysis and business cases including cost and effort analysis.
• Delivers high-level and detailed Solutions Architecture designs.
• Translates opinions and recommendations into technically sound knowledge.
• Applies industry trends to improve applications.

Skills

Technical leadership

SDLC leadership

Systems Architecture

Cost optimization

Gap analysis

Enterprise Architecture

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree

Bachelor of Commerce (Informatics)

Job description

• Demonstrate cost consciousness and awareness of personal contribution to costs and productivity Identify and escalates potential risks that may lead to increased costs
• Prevent wastage and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs
• Implements customer service solutions demonstrating the shared values \"My work is my signature\" and \"My word is my bond\".
• Manages and takes accountability for the implementation and maintenance of Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) outcomes for customer service delivery across area of responsibility.
• Investigates and understands customer needs to enable delivery of a quality service.
• Keeps all stakeholders well informed of status of design effort and serves as liaison between Portfolio Manager, Project Manager and Systems Analyst.
• Reviews the status reports of team members and addresses issues as appropriate.
• Generates technical risk and architecture decision log and reports when required.
• Ensures the Solutions Architecture team contributes to company's Solutions Architecture repository.
• Complies to and supports by enforcing enterprise architecture standards, policies and procedures.
• Sets up solution design authority with the enterprise governance in appropriate projects.
• Participates in the systems development life cycle and is responsible for managing technical risks throughout the project.
• Delivers the high-level Solutions Architecture design and the detailed Solutions Architecture design.
• Participates in the reviewing of business cases, functional requirement specifications (FRS), integrated business requirement specification (BRS) and technical system specification (TSS) of the project.
• Acquires and disseminates specialist knowledge with peers and professional organisations to ensure operational effectiveness.
• Adheres to respective best practice.
• Shares and evaluates specialist information through relevant forums.
• Translates opinions and recommendations into technically sound knowledge.
• Applies knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve applications.
• Provides technical direction for the development, design and systems integration for client engagement from the definition phase through to implementation.
• Applies knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve applications.
• Identifies system deficiencies, designs and implements effective solutions.
• Suggests areas for improvement in internal processes along with possible solutions.
• Designs systems to meet business requirements.
• Works with the company Enterprise Architect Team to align to the company Enterprise Architecture strategies.
• Leads the technical design phase of the SDLC.
• Conducts research on emerging technologies.
• Recommends and implements technologies that improve cost effectiveness and systems flexibility.
• Confers with end users, clients, or senior management to understand business requirements for complex development or enhancements.
• Assists with gap analysis and business cases including cost and effort analysis.
• Implement, monitor and control business processes according to quality standards; policy; and compliance and governance requirements in area of accountability
• Ensure the development, alignment, mapping and implementation of end-to-end processes aligned to the customer journey map
• Research, enable and consult on improvements and opportunities to harness technology and platform enablement
• Review existing processes and suggest innovative ideas to improve and streamline processes to drive efficiencies and minimise redundancy
• Monitor customer feedback reports and align processes to maximise efficiencies
• Promote teamwork and inclusivity amongst team members and demonstrates behaviours that respect diversity
• Partner and collaborate with team members to achieve team success
• Share information and knowledge that benefits the team

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor of Science Degree or Bachelor of Commerce(Informatics)
• Minimum of five to eight years experience in software or solutions development and design within the financial services industry